The Foundation of Muslim Rule in India: A History of the Establishment and Progress of the Turkish Sultanate of Delhi, 1206–1290 A.D. c6.s1.35

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Inspite of their ambition, the Ghorides were however, not strong enough to comply immediately with the request. But on Takash’s death in 596/1200, they at once took advantage of a civil war that broke out between his son and grand son, Alauddin and Hindu Khan. Ghoride troops entered Khurasan and captured Neshapur, Merv, Sarakhs and Tus early next year², Territories as far as Jurjan and Bistam were brought under their sway; Kohistan, the stronghold of the Mulahidah heretics was plundered, and the whole of Khurasan for the first time was occupied by the Ghorides.